Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-29
CHRISTIANITY'S CAUSE.
Close Of the Presbyterian Board of
Missions Meeting at Davenport
Freep0rt the Next Place Of Meeting
A6SaarS R1aarah Etc

northwest. closed at Davenport last night
The day was given up to the reception Of
reports, addresses from foreign missiona>
ries, etc. The reports from synodical
secretaries showed the following contri>
buttons: Colorado, $l.Ss9.67: Dakota,
1855 AZ: Illinois. $25. 749 80; Indiana
80. 32s II; Iowa, S5,Sl6 40: Michigan,
IS, $40 So; Minnesota, $500. 3d. Ne,
braska, 81, 405.7l, Ohio. So, go "a; Utah,
1928 "a; Wisconsin. 1890. 40. Free =
port was selected as the next place of
meeting. Officers were selected as fol 3.
| follows:
President emeritus-Mrs A II. Hoge,
of Chicago
President-Mrs Benjamin Douglas, of
Chicago.
Treasurer Mrs c. B. Farwell. of Chi
cago.
Recording Secretary Mrs W. B. ia.
cobs, of Chicago
Auditor-Mrs H. NJ. Sherwood, of
Chicago.
A long list of vice presidents, foreign
and home CORES pondlng secretaries and
| managers were. elected,
Constitutional amendments were pro,
posed. the first being to article 4. as fol
flows:
The payment of one dollar annually in
any local society auxiliary TO TINS board
shall constitute member Of this board
The payment of $25 in the course OF any
one year. to any local society auxiliary to
| this board. shall constitute life mems
bership. The payment of $55 By SO
ciety to this board at one time shall give
them the privilege of nominating a life
member. The Payment of 500 at one
time shall constitute an honorary life
membership. Each person becoming
life member or honorary member is en-
titled to the annual report.
Article Ii was amended to read, The
object of this society shall be to promote
an interest among the Christian women
and young people of the northwest, etc
Young people is the amendment
Then Mrs. Ellen J. Foster was intro
duced. She spoke of the meeting of
another missionary society of the north
west in Des Moines few months since
She said that meeting was held in a city
that has been disenthralled from intern.
perance-but you come to us in a city
still under siege, in the midst of rebels
llous hosts, and yet with temperance
men and women all about US Having
thus given the people who are entertain
tanning the delegates slap and an insult,
Mrs. Foster proceeded to apply some
salVe in the shape of praise of the work
of the Presbyterian church among the
heather. and spoke highly of the officers
of The W. c. T. IT,, who are members of
the Presbyterian church. Then she went
into statistics concerning the expendi-
ture for missions, for the gospel at home,
for tobacco and for strong drink-the
two latter towering over the former in
thousands and thousands of dollars.
The most interesting address of the
meeting was delivered by Mrs. A. E..
Robertson, who has spent her life as
missionary among the Cherokees and
Greeks in Indian territory-all but three
years among the latter. She was one of
no IaI, Id a h, Q h.
board. She commenced her interesting
and touching address with singing verse
of the Sweet Bg-and- BY. in the Greek
dialect. She said that when she began
her work among the Greeks forty wears
ago, they would have appreciated it only
as something like sugar and honey-now
appreciated il for its worth. She then
spoke of her work of translating the new
testament into Greek. and the difficulties
She gave an ILLUSTRATION, saying that the
best way to express the line (which of
to his stature" is to put it which of YOU
By taking thought can add as much as
the little round spot on his elbow"
etc. She commenced the work
twenty-five Years ago, but she didn't
do ail the work, others had done u good
deal of it. Her husband translated the
three epis;les of John She has three
daughters, all missionaries among the
Indians. When Mrs ROBERTSON left the
platform nearly all in the house were
looking at her through tears and with
inexpressIble admiration.
Miss Kay, u missionary among the
Masquakies in Tama county, spoke OF
the work among that band which has
been commenced but recently.
Miss Sophie Rhea the beautiful sing
er, sang a hymn that was composed by a
Persian woman. Miss Rhea is a native
of Persia.
Mrs. Graham G. Campbell, for years
missionary with her husband at Gaboon,
West Africa, delivered very interesting
address concerning Light on the dark
continent" showing the progress of mis-,
sion work in Africa.
Mrs, Stryker, o: Chicago, read Story
of One Short Life being that of Sam
uel 5. Mills. who organized the first
missionary society in America, sixty yeats
ago.
Mrs. Farwell, treasurer. announced
that the contributions of the congrega
tions here during the meetings of the
board amounted to $3.50.
The Democrat Gazette says:
The Presbyterian ladies of Rock Island
furnished the reflections yesterday. De-
lightful repasts they were.
A Private Concern.
From the proceedings of the county
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